Endless Obsession Feint

Cost: None; Mins: Socialize 5, Essence 3
Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: Wise Counsel (Flashing Soul Reform)

This Charm embodies the awe-inspiring resonance of the Solar Exalted, whose very presence shapes the flow of nations. This Charm is triggered by a Solar's success in a social scene, where through social influence she achieves a significant objective. She might broker an alliance, arrange a wedding, cancel an assassination or convince the local Guild to decrease opium production. Any objective success she attains at the expense of another social actor in the scene leaves that character in a state of obsession. The Lawgiver is an enigma, and though he can't remember the substance of her arguments, her casual wit haunts his dreams. For (Essence) days the character suffers a -2 dice penalty to all Bureaucracy, Craft, Investigation, Linguistics, Lore, Occult, Performance and Socialize rolls, with 1s on these rolls each counting as -1 success. When this obsession wears off, the target automatically develops a positive or negative Intimacy for the Solar, depending on how the days went. This effect may apply to multiple characters in the same scene.